Extremism

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New York, March 26, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of a journalist in the separatist Transdniester region of Moldova and calls on authorities to release him immediately. Sergei Ilchenko, a freelance contributor to local and regional media, has been held for more than a week and equipment seized from his and his son's homes, according to news reports.

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New York, July 13, 2011--The Committee to
Protect Journalists urges Tajik prosecutors in Khujand, northern Tajikistan, to
drop politicized extremism charges against BBC reporter Urinboy Usmonov, and
calls for his immediate release. The journalist is being charged with failing
to report the activities of the Islamist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir to Tajik law
enforcement agencies, Usmonov's lawyer, Faiziniso Vokhidova, told the Tajik service of the U.S. government-funded Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty (Radio Ozodi).

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Dear President Otunbayeva: The Committee to Protect Journalists is writing to call your attention to the politicized prosecution of independent journalist Ulugbek Abdusalomov and human rights reporter and researcher Azimjon Askarov in the southern Jalal-Abad region. Both have been charged with extremism and other serious charges and face lengthy prison sentences, including a life term, if convicted. Their prosecution is in retaliation for their reporting on ethnic discrimination and human rights abuses in southern Kyrgyzstan, according to our research.

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New York, August 12,
2010--Trumped-up charges of extremism against Ulugbek Abdusalomov, the editor
of an independent newspaper, and Azimjon Askarov, a journalist and human rights
defender, should be dropped immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said
today.

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New York, April 29, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges members of Russia’s parliament to reject a sweeping new bill that would return censorship rights to Russia’s KGB successor, the Federal Security Service, if passed.